Post-Game Talk: Still winless and even more royally pissed

[PKs Broken Stick]

Goaltending was always a question mark heading into this season. I think everything else really wasn't. So it's no surprise that our goalies aren't stopping a lot of pucks, but the rest is pretty surprising.

I mean, I guess it's also not surprising that our power play is so bad. That was predictable as soon as we promoted Tricky Dick.

Eh, I knew Hynes was not a good coach and wasn't super confident he'd be able to get this team playing the way they're capable of.

 

[SJinNewJersey]

The Fire Hynes chant is not pathetic. It's something that needs to happen right away.

Pathetic as in not enough fans were joining in on the chant.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Acceptance. He's probably relieved that he wont have to take the bullet for this **** show anymore.

Shero is probably the one freaking out. A new coach isn't going to fix this poorly put together team.

Bet you had zero qualms with the roster in September. Even if you did, there’s not a shot you’d call it “poorly assembled.”

Guess what? It’s the same friggin group of players.

The problem isn’t the players, it’s the morons that have no idea how to maximize them.

 

[NJDevs26]

This just sucks so much. Absolutely nothing is going right.

It's somehow a hair easier to go through this now that I've seen this script before. 2010 felt like the worst thing in the world at the time...2010 version 2.0 this year is almost laughable at this point. I expended most of my misery last Friday, I knew after that this wasn't gonna go well.

 

[bobilly45]

Because anyone with two eyes sees goaltending isn’t the issue here.

Nor was it last year, or the year before.
The system has always sucked for our defense and made every goalie (wedge, cory, Kinkaid, blackwood, applebee) look bad. Hell, it would make brodeur look bad at times.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Has the pulse of this team for sure.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Nor was it last year, or the year before.
The system has always sucked for our defense and made every goalie (wedge, cory, Kinkaid, blackwood, applebee) look bad. Hell, it would make brodeur look bad at times.

No Kinkaid and Cory were legitimately bad last year. That isn’t debatable.

 

[Sir Fenwick Corsi]

Acceptance. He's probably relieved that he wont have to take the bullet for this **** show anymore.

Shero is probably the one freaking out. A new coach isn't going to fix this poorly put together team.

The team has holes but it’s a work in progress. That should have been expected coming into the season. That said, there is absolutely no chance that Hynes is getting the most out of this team. They should not even be close to this bad. Teams spot NJ 3+ goals and then laugh on the bench as they watch the Devils shit all over themselves. Even if they continue to struggle winning games, enough is enough of this shit show. I would just appreciate watching a team that at least appears that they have even the slightest idea of what they’re supposed to be doing out there.

 

[JimEIV]

He also called the team brain dead and boneheaded within 10 minutes of each other lol...that's how bad it is.

There was one point when Chico goes "What are Severson and Subban doing" ....A few minutes later Matt goes "what the problem, who isn't doing their job" And Chico just makes a strange sound that sounded like "Whoa"

 

[Bleedred]

At the very least, Kowalsky needs to be re-assigned to some other task. And NOT the PK!

The Sharks did this with their assistants last year when things weren't working.

Let Grier coach the power play and Kowalsky can do whatever the hell he was doing or be the eye in the sky coach the rest of the year. Then you fire him with Hynes whenever he goes, or at the end of the year if Hynes is relieved before that.

 

[Emperoreddy]

The team has holes but it’s a work in progress. That should have been expected coming into the season. That said, there is absolutely no chance that Hynes is getting the most out of this team. They should not even be close to this bad. Teams spot NJ 3+ goals and then laugh on the bench as they watch the Devils **** all over themselves. Even if they continue to struggle winning games, enough is enough of this **** show. I would just appreciate watching a team that at least appears that they have even the slightest idea of what they’re supposed to be doing out there.

They still haven’t scored a PP goal and the PK is still awful.

That’s all coaching.

 

[Bleedred]

Eh, I knew Hynes was not a good coach and wasn't super confident he'd be able to get this team playing the way they're capable of.

I wasn't confident in him either, but thought maybe we could make the playoffs with this improved roster.

Also providing the goaltending is at least average.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I wasn't confident in him either, but thought maybe we could make the playoffs with this improved roster.

Also providing the goaltending is at least average.

Average goaltending isn’t enough when you are playing very much below average in front.

 

[OmNomNom]

do we think rollie melanson is a guy to look at too?

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

I wasn't confident in him either, but thought maybe we could make the playoffs with this improved roster.

Also providing the goaltending is at least average.

True, I wasn't expecting them to be dead last in the standings, pp, and pk. jesus. (well they're technically not dead last in the standings but they might as well be, loser points don't count).

 

[Call Me Al]

lol the goaltending isn’t the issue when the pp can’t score a goal and the d can’t make a tape to tape pass out of danger and the wings can’t clear the puck

 

[Emperoreddy]

The game turned after the power play shit the bed twice. All the momentum from earlier in the 2nd was lost.

I jokingly said Joel was sending us to the PP on purpose, but it actually worked for him.

 

[JimEIV]

Has the pulse of this team for sure.

This press conferences is unacceptable...He is just going along like nothing is really wrong.

 

[Emperoreddy]

True, I wasn't expecting them to be dead last in the standings, pp, and pk. jesus. (well they're technically not dead last in the standings but they might as well be, loser points don't count).

...but loser points do count.

 

[Blender]

Has the pulse of this team for sure.

So just some minor adjustments and all will be fine? That's about what I got from this.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

What an incredible shit show of a team.

 

[MauDevils]

Nico got pinned awkwardly, looked like a groin. He kept standing up and sitting down on the bench before taking another shift and leaving.

 

[PKs Broken Stick]

...but loser points do count.

Not in this context.

 

[guitarguyvic]

I'm now actually pretty happy that Smith got sent back to be spared from this **** show.

My bigger concern right now is the bad habits that might be forming with the younger players. They need a real f***ing NHL coach to teach them the game at this level the right way. This is a f***ing amateur shitshow.

 

[Cheddabombs]

lmao "yea you just coach"

well you should f***ing start doing that then